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Spicy chicken sausage with linguine and pesto

May 24, 2020 by Stuart Melling
Spicy chicken sausage with linguine and pesto

This is one of those dishes where the simplicity demands excellent ingredients. Try to get some quality pesto and pasta first and foremost. I nabbed mine from local importers Caputo’s …

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Categories 30 Minute Meals, Dinner Ideas, Italian Tags Sprouts Leave a comment

Jamaican jerk cod with cous cous

April 24, 2021May 20, 2020 by Stuart Melling
Jamaican jerk cod with cous cous

Armed with some pristine cod from Sitka Salmon (see below for coupon code) I decided to use some jerk seasoning I had laying around my spice cupboard (side note: The …

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Categories 30 Minute Meals, Carribean, Dinner Ideas, Healthy, Mash Up Tags Sitka Salmon Shares, The Spice House, Zursun Beans Leave a comment

Cod in Thai Basil Sauce

May 16, 2020 by Stuart Melling
Sitka Alaskan cod in Thai basil sauce

The cod here is from the wonderful Sitka Salmon in Alaska, you should for sure check them out if you live somewhere that doesn’t have the best access to fresh …

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Categories 30 Minute Meals, Dinner Ideas, Healthy, Thai Tags Sitka Salmon Shares Leave a comment

Thai yellow curry with salmon and cashews

May 16, 2020 by Stuart Melling
Thai yellow curry with salmon and cashews

The Thai yellow curry recipe we’ve perfected over the years can be found  here. Thai yellow curry is really flexible and can handle all manner of ingredients. In this dish …

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Categories 30 Minute Meals, Dinner Ideas, Healthy, Thai Tags Sitka Salmon Shares, Trader Joe's Leave a comment

Orzo with pesto

May 16, 2020 by Stuart Melling
Orzo with olives

The small grains of orzo pasta are perfect for a quality pesto. The light sauce evenly coats the pasta grains. Our favorite comes from a local import store, a mix …

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Categories 30 Minute Meals, Dinner Ideas, Italian, Meat Free Leave a comment

Thai Yellow Curry with Cous Cous

May 24, 2020May 16, 2020 by Stuart Melling
Thai Yellow curry with cous cous and MorningStar Farms Popcorn Chikn

Thai yellow curry is a fabulously easy dish to make – you can find my recipe here. All said, you can put together a top notch curry in barely 30 minutes. …

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Categories 30 Minute Meals, Dinner Ideas, Mash Up, Meat Free, Thai Tags Mae Ploy, MorningStar Farms Leave a comment

Spaghetti with vegan sausage

May 16, 2020 by Stuart Melling
Spaghetti with vegan sausage

Beyond Meat sausages to the rescue. I usually freeze these once purchased and then defrost them on demand in the microwave for hearty dishes like this. Pan fry them once …

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Categories 30 Minute Meals, Comfort Food, Dinner Ideas, Italian, Meat Free Tags Beyond Meat Leave a comment

Pastrami and egg burger

May 27, 2020May 16, 2020 by Stuart Melling
Pastrami burger with Simple Truth Natural Beef Burgers

Four simple ingredients: a burger patty, a nicely fried egg, caramelized onions and lusciously rendered pastrami. A perfect, oh so perfect burger. Be sure to get some grease proof paper …

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Fajitas with Gardein chicken strips

May 16, 2020 by Stuart Melling
Gardein Meatless Chick'n Strips fajitas

Dinner in 20 minutes – a no brainer. Think sliced bell peppers and onions, zucchini too if you’re feeling like a bulkier mix. I prefer to fry them all over …

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Categories 30 Minute Meals, Dinner Ideas, Healthy, Meat Free, Mexican Tags Gardein Leave a comment

Egg n’ Chips with a Southwest twist

May 24, 2020May 16, 2020 by Stuart Melling
Egg n' Chips with a Southwest twist

This one comes from the Brit in me – Egg N Chips is a total comfort food dish. Cook up some chips (yeah yeah fries) and top with a runny …

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Categories 30 Minute Meals, Comfort Food, Dinner Ideas, Mash Up Tags Alexia, Ore-Ida Leave a comment
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